Indigenous Kill
"Sorcerer" For Fear Of
Spells
Two indigenous men beat
an alleged sorcerer to
death because they were
convinced he had
performed a spell on
some of their relatives.
The crime happened
Sunday in an area held
by indigenous people in
Coto Brus, in the
southern zone Costa
Rica.
Two brothers were
reportedly arrested by
police in connection
with the case of the
death of the alleged
sorcerer Joaquín
Bejarano Bejarano.
Brothers Seferino García
Bejarano and Rubén said
they were tired of the
behaviour of the
sorcerer and decided to
go to his house and kill
him in cold blood.
The brothers beat the
sorcerer to death,
bashing in his brains
with repeated blows to
the head.
Another version being
handled by police is
that the brothers of the
sorcerer also took part
in the killing, though
trying to fend off the
attackers.
Bloodied and appearing
happy of their act, they
walked an hour through
the mountains of the
area to the neigbours
house, telling their
story and without
remorse.
The two men did not deny
the murder to
authorities and now will
be spending the next
four months in
preventive detention
while investigators put
the pieces of the crime
together.
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